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THE BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>RUTH</span>
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CHAPTER 4
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Next kinsman declining, Boaz takes Ruth to wife—Ruth bears Obed, through whom came David the king.
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Then</span> went Boaz up to the <sup>a</sup><a href="ruth/4/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 23: 10; Josh. 20: 4.">gate</a>, and sat him down there: and, behold, the <sup>b</sup><a href="ruth/4/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ruth 2: 20.">kinsman</a> of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, <sup>c</sup><a href="ruth/4/1c" mark="c" type="D" title="In Heb. a manner of address to a certain unnamed person as ‘Mr So & So.’">Ho</a>, such a one!  turn aside, sit down here.  And he turned aside, and sat down.
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And he took ten men of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ruth/4/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 20: 4.">elders</a> of the city, and said, Sit ye down here.  And they sat down.
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And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which <i>was</i> our brother Elimelech’s:
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And I thought to advertise thee, saying, <sup>a</sup><a href="ruth/4/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 25: 25.">Buy</a> <i>it</i> before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people.  If thou wilt <sup>b</sup><a href="ruth/4/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Redemption.">redeem</a> <i>it,</i> redeem <i>it:</i> but if thou wilt not redeem <i>it,</i> <i>then</i> tell me, that I may know: for <i>there</i> <i>is</i> none to redeem <i>it</i> beside thee; and I <i>am</i> after thee.  And he said, I will redeem <i>it.</i>
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Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy <i>it</i> also of Ruth the Moabitess, the <sup>a</sup><a href="ruth/4/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Widows.">wife</a> of the dead, to raise up the <sup>b</sup><a href="ruth/4/5b" mark="b" type="C" title="Deut. 25: 5 (5-6); TG Name.">name</a> of the dead upon his inheritance.
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&#182; And the kinsman said, I cannot <sup>a</sup><a href="ruth/4/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Selfishness.">redeem</a> <i>it</i> for myself, lest I <sup>b</sup><a href="ruth/4/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 25: 6 (5-6).">mar</a> mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem <i>it.</i>
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Now this <i>was</i> <i>the</i> <i>manner</i> in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning <sup>a</sup><a href="ruth/4/7a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR exchanging, doing business.">changing</a>, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his <sup>b</sup><a href="ruth/4/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 25: 9 (5-10).">shoe</a>, and gave <i>it</i> to his neighbour: and this <i>was</i> a testimony in Israel.
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Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy <i>it </i>for thee.  So he drew off his shoe.
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&#182; And Boaz said unto the elders, and <i>unto</i> all the people, Ye <i>are</i> witnesses this day, that I have bought all that <i>was</i> Elimelech’s, and all that <i>was</i> Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
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Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the <sup>a</sup><a href="ruth/4/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 25: 6.">name</a> of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye <i>are</i> witnesses this day.
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And all the people that <i>were</i> in the gate, and the elders, said, <i>We</i> <i>are</i> witnesses.  The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and <sup>a</sup><a href="ruth/4/11a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR may you do well.">do</a> thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
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And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall give thee of this young woman.
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&#182; So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> gave her conception, and she bare a son.
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And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed <i>be</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
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And he shall be unto thee a restorer of <i>thy</i> life, and a nourisher of thine <sup>a</sup><a href="ruth/4/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Old Age.">old</a> age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
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And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
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And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he <i>is</i> the father of Jesse, the father of David.
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&#182; Now these <i>are</i> the generations of <sup>a</sup><a href="ruth/4/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 38: 29 (1-30); 1 Chr. 2: 4 (4-15); Matt. 1: 3 (3-6); Luke 3: 33 (23-38).">Pharez</a>: Pharez begat Hezron,
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And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
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And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
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And Salmon begat <sup>a</sup><a href="ruth/4/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 1: 5.">Boaz</a>, and Boaz begat Obed,
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And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
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